The comparative metabolism of the mollicutes (Mycoplasmas): The utility for taxonomic classification and the relationship of putative gene annotation and phylogeny to enzymatic function in the smallest free-living cells

Critical Reviews in Microbiology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 269-354

  Pollack, J Dennis ^a   Williams, Marshall V ^a   McElhaney, Ronald N ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Enzymatic function; Enzymes; Gene annotation; Genes; Metabolism; Mollicutes; Mycoplasma

Indexed keywords

6 PHOSPHOFRUCTOKINASE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE; PURINE; PYRIMIDINE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE; THIOREDOXIN REDUCTASE;

ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLYCOLYSIS; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLLICUTES; MYCOPLASMA; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURINE METABOLISM; PYRIMIDINE METABOLISM; REVIEW;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIRMICUTES; MOLLICUTES; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMATALES; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031441913     PISSN: 1040841X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10408419709115140     Document Type: Review

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